If you were with them in spirit but not in person for their March Summit in Philadelphia, the AIA Design-Build Committee now invites you to view the full conference report. In it you will find succinct reports on the main sessions:

1. Doing Great Design When Working for a Contractor
2. Why Architects Should Lead Design-Build
3. The Next Level: Taking the Lead in Design, Build, and Development
4. The Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
5. Bridging and the Architect’s Role as Owner’s Consultant
6. Challenges of Design-Build in Sports Architecture
7. Educating Architects for Design-Build Delivery

as well as PDFs of the speakers’ (when available) and even photos from the tours. Editor Cindy Frewen Wuellner, FAIA, Frewen Architects, Kansas City, Mo., did a great job of assembling a wealth of information, so check it out. Visit the Design-Building Committee Web site, go to the right-hand column and click “Read the full conference report.”

GSA Offers Courthouse Design Conference June 1 in D.C.
The U.S. General Services Administration Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service and the Chief Architect invite you to join them on June 1 in Washington, D.C., for a national conversation on federal courthouse design as it has evolved under the GSA’s award-winning Design Excellence Program. The day-long event, free of charge, will include an assessment of the courthouse portfolio by Pulitzer prize-winning architecture critic Robert Campbell, FAIA, and a keynote address by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The gathering will conclude with an open discussion on how the design excellence program can best meet the needs of the federal judiciary and the American people to create appropriate and inspiring federal courthouses in the 21st century. The conference offers 8.5 hours of AIA continuing education credits. For more information or to reserve a space, e-mail gsaforum.rsvp@gsa.gov. (Pictured is Pei Cobb Freed’s Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where the conference will take place.)